Valerie Paille who created the ARTE Tracks TV feature about the 2013 Paris Loop Jubilee asked us, “Do you have a list of the important live-looping machines (hardware and software) since the Frippertronics?” Here is what we came up with. Please let us know if something is missing (let us focus on hardware loopers first, ok?)

 

 

1963	Time Lag Accumulator (later known as “Frippertronics“)
1976	MXR M-113 Digital Delay
1979	Lexicon Model 93 Prime Time
1982	Lexicon PCM 41/ PCM 42
1982	Arion DDS-4
1983	Electro Harmonix EH16 (marketed as “Fripp-in-the-box”)
1983	Roland SDE 3000
1984	Ibanez DM 1100 (3,6sec)
1986	TC Electronic 2290
1987	Digitech PDS-8000
1988	Eventide H3000
1993	Paradis Loop Delay – Oberheim Echoplex
1994	Lexicon JamMan
1999	Akai Headrush
1999	Line6 DL-4
1999	Boomerang I
2001	Line6 Echo Pro
2001	Electrix Repeater
2001	Boss RC-20
2002	Zvex Loop Junky
2003	Boss DD-20 Giga Delay
2004	Boss RC-20 XL
2004	DigiTech Jamman Looper
2004	Electro Harmonix EH16 Rerelease
2004	Akai Headrush E2
2005	Electro Harmonix 2880
2005	Looperlative LP1
2006	Boss RC-2
2006	Pigtronix Echolution
2007	Boomerang II
2007	Boss RC-50
2008	Eventide TimeFactor
2009	Boomerang III
2009	Digitech Time Bender
2009	Line 6 M9
2010	Digitech Jamman Stereo
2010	Digitech Jamman Delay
2010	Digitech Jamman Solo
2010	Hexe Revolver
2011	VOX VDL1
2011	Boss RC-3
2011	Boss RC-30
2011	Boss RC-300
2011	Strymon Timeline
2012	Digitech Jamman Solo XT
2012	Hexe Revolver II
2012	Pigtronix Infinity Looper
2012	Looperlative LP-2
2012	TC Electronics Flashback X4
2012	Vox Delaylab
2012	Vox Lil’ Looper
2013	Boss RC-505 (watch this!)
2013	Electro Harmonix 45000
2013	TC Electronics Ditto
2013	Digitech Jamman Express XT
2014	TC Electronic Ditto x2
2014	Pigtronix Echolution 2
2014	Zoom G1XOn